Both ranking signals are so powerful that it is inconceivable to rank without at least one of them done right.

If you dig deeper, you will see that even black hat SEO service providers admit the same:

White hat: invest in content and wait for links to build up naturally

Black hat: fake content and invest on backlinks to boost the ranking

Is tags a ranking factor?

No Sir. Absolutely not.

In fact, it’s a de-ranking factor if we may refer to it as so.

When you use tags extensively, you are simply:

Creating unnecessary archive pages with the same content. And that risks getting unwanted duplicates which are penalized by search engines

WordPress usually shows tag clouds somewhere on the post premise. And that will result in keyword stuffing and unnatural links volume to tags archives page. You guessed it right, both are punishable by search engines.

One of the good SEO practices is to deindex archives pages to avoid any duplicate risks.

Longtail keywords

Longtail keywords is a gold mine if you are up to find the right LT Keywords and top the search on it.

These keywords have somewhere from few hundreds to tens of thousands search volume per month, and they have a slightly weak competition which makes them a child play to rank for.

But still, without a quality content and a decent number of backlinks, you are unlikely to rank for these.

Why we decided to put WP Tag Machine into our radar

Because it’s bullshit 🙂

You don’t rank by using tags. The road to rank is pretty clear, either in black hat or white hat, and using tags won’t help in any way. In fact, they might even doom your page.

Analysis of the WP Tag Machine offer

Opportunity targeted: Getting lazy ass traffic

It’s a sensitive subject to any newbie blogger. They all seek easy traffic. And how this plugin presents itself, they are likely to fall for it.

WP Tag Machine has 11 other products upsells

For that solely, you shouldn’t consider getting WP Tag Machine. They plan to hit you with at least 11 upsells built around the product.

You know what it means right? they won’t let you out the easy way 🙂

Here’s the list of the announced ones so far:

$27 or $29.95 – WP Tag Pro edition

It gives you access to two additional longtail keywords sources (Youtube Amazon).

http://wptagmachine.convertri.com/oto1

$19 or $19.95 – Simple site booster

It will ask 1000+ sites to ping yours. It’s a common black hat practice to simulate interest on a web property.

http://wptagmachine.convertri.com/oto2

$37 or $39 – WP Tag Machine Agency

It allows the owner to use the plugin on clients’ sites or flipped sites.

http://wptagmachine.convertri.com/oto3

$67 or $97 – WP Tag Machine Reseller

You can sell the plugin for others.

http://wptagmachine.convertri.com/oto4

$17 or $19.95 – Backlinks Machine

An automated way to generate backlinks the black hat style.

On the sales pitch of this one, the author says clearly that backlinks are an important thing to have to rank 🙂 Which contradicts the sales pitch of WP Tag Machine where they claim that you that you can rank without backlinks at all. Get your S* together mate 🙂 stick to one claim 😉

http://wptagmachine.convertri.com/backlinkmachine

The remaining 6 are unrelated to the main plugin as the author has a bunch of other WP related plugin. By buying WP Tag Machine, you unlock an everlasting upselling machine targeting you solely 🙂

The affiliate platform

WP Tag Machine relies exclusively on JVzoo. One of the most controversial marketplaces where shady business is processed. I can’t even recall or find any legit product, service, or course sold out there. They have a very tarnished history, and the most interesting part is, they don’t give a damn concern about it. They keep on allowing deceitful stuff to be sold on their platform.

The main products and the upsells have a one-time payment policy and it has a 50% commission for affiliates.

When you see these kinds of commissions, there are 2 things that come to mind:

The service is over evaluated

An avalanche of affiliate will swear that it’s the perfect product for you even if it’s not

Another major detail that comes with JVZoo is the hard time you will get to either:

Get a refund on the 30-day grace period

Cancel any subscription initiated through the platform

We highly recommend avoiding anything that deals with JVzoo. When it can’t be helped, make sure you use Paypal to process the payment. This doesn’t make your life easier, though. But at least, you can push for a refund and cancel a subscription in a less complex way compared to processing your payments through credit card.

When it can’t be helped, make sure you use Paypal to process the payment. This doesn’t make your life easier, though. But at least, you can push for a refund and cancel a subscription in a less complex way compared to processing your payments through credit card.